PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Taylor Clark (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Billy Reed (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Billy Reed is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

Clark
vs
Reed

180 cm
21
185 lbs
5 - 0 - 0

184 cm
22
184 lbs
10 - 7 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Intelligent

Powerful takedowns
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Crippler's Corner
Crippler's Corner

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Taylor Clark!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 7 - 0, fighting out of New York, Billy Reed!
The judges for this bout are Jorge Garcia, Columbo Gatti and Reed Andrews.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Reed checks the leg kick nicely there.
Clark on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Reed fails to land the takedown.
Clark uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Reed.
Reed pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Clark does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Reed misses with a body shot.
Jab, jab by Reed - just one landing.
Reed chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Clark can pounce on him.
Clark stuffs the takedown attempt from Reed. Reed gets slowly back to his feet.
Reed takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Reed throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Clark sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Reed swings and misses with a hook to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Reed tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Clark buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Reed loads up on a big right hand but Clark slips the punch.
Clark lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Reed shoots in looking for a takedown. Clark tries to sprawl out of it but Reed keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Clark manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Taylor Clark has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Billy Reed.
Clark throws a leg kick which misses Reed's front leg but catches the back leg as Reed tries to avoid it.
Clark scores with a punch to the head.
Reed on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Clark. Clark obviously looking to wear him down.
Clark looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Reed misses with a low kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Clark throws a quick inside leg kick.
Clark cracks the inside of Reed's front leg.
Nice cross by Clark.
Reed blocks a leg kick.
Clark lands a jab to the nose.
Clark scores with a jab.
Reed throws a leg kick
and Clark counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Clark connects with a crisp jab.
Reed cracks Clark with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Clark throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Taylor Clark is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Reed misses with a wild body shot.
A swing and a miss from Clark.
Clark tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Reed is able to avoid easily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Reed steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Clark.
Clark throws a leg kick but Reed moved away.
Reed misses with a straight right.
Clark throws a big shot that misses.
Reed on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Clark throws a head kick but Reed moves out of range.
Reed misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Clark.
Clark checks a low kick from Reed.
Clark missing with a left hand there. Reed was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
A low kick from Clark misses
and Reed counters with a series of strikes. Clark will be more careful next time no doubt.
Reed blocks a head kick by Clark.
Reed slips a jab from Clark.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Clark thows a left - swing and a miss!
Clark throws a leg kick that misses.
Reed misses with a straight right.
Reed misses with a hook. Clark ducked under it nicely.
Reed fails with a takedown attempt.
Reed uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Clark.
A looping hook to the body misses from Reed. Clark does a little dance to reset his feet.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Clark connects with a solid leg kick.
Clark scores with a leg kick.
Clark chopping away at his opponent's legs.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Taylor Clark dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Reed looks to land a right hand but Clark moved out of range.
Jab from Reed.
Good work by Clark as he checks the leg kick.
Clark fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Reed.
Clark misses with a kick to the body.
Reed sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Clark throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Reed misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Clark counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Clark on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Clark throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Taylor Clark seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A leg kick checked by Reed.
Reed shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Decent striking displayed by Clark there.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Clark throws a leg kick

and Reed counters with a shoot takedown. Clark fights it but they end up in guard.
Reed is breathing heavily.
Clark is pulling down on Reed's head. It's preventing any offense from Reed, at least for the moment.
Reed preventing the sweep.
Clark is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Reed pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Clark is keeping the position for now.
Reed throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Clark works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Clark looking to hit a scissor sweep but Reed is one step ahead there.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Reed pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Clark is keeping the position for now.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Nice takedown defense from Clark. No joy for Reed on that attempt.
Taylor Clark is winning the standup battle so far.
Reed ducks under a wild hook from Clark.
Reed misses with a takedown attempt
and Clark counters with a nice low kick that buckles Reed's knee momentarily.
Taylor Clark has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Billy Reed.
Reed looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Clark misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A slapping leg kick lands for Clark.
Clark chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Reed's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Reed looks to score with a jab to the body but Clark is just out of range.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Clark.
Clark feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Reed's calf.
Clark scores with a nice head shot.
Clark throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Clark pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Clark dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Reed. That did some damage!
Clark explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Clark uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Reed.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Clark throws a quick inside leg kick.
Reed pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
A slow jab from Clark misses its intended target.
A left lands for Clark.
Clark motions for Reed to come forward. Clark throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Clark lands with a thumping leg kick.
Clark steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Reed.
Reed moves out of range of the leg kick from Clark.
Clark moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Reed ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Clark moves away.

Reed closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Clark to the mat! Clark manages to get full guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Taylor Clark will probably get the nod.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!

A jab from Clark finds it's way through Reed's defenses.
Clark moves out of range as Reed strikes.
Reed takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Clark tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Reed takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Clark throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Clark dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Reed. That did some damage!
Clark lands with a nice body kick.
Reed thows a left - swing and a miss!
A shot to the body from Reed misses
and Clark counters with a flying knee. Nice.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Clark goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Reed takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Reed ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Reed closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Clark moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Reed throws a leg kick that misses.
Clark throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Clark moves out of range of the strikes.
Reed shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Clark pinned against the cage. Clark gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Reed throws a nice looking combination but Clark bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Reed jabbing away but nothing is landing.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Reed throws a wild body kick that Clark sees coming a mile off.
Clark pivots, looking for a leg kick but Reed is out of range and Clark settles back down.
Donk. Clark catches Reed right on the button with a cross.
Reed wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Clark keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Clark moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
A lazy left from Clark finds it's target.
Clark throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Clark throws a quick inside leg kick.
Clark scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Clark lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Clark displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Reed throws out the jab.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Clark misses with a low kick as Reed jumps back.
A head kick by Clark misses

and Reed counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Reed stops Clark from getting back to his feet.

Reed is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Clark is just riding it out for now. Reed eventually gives up the hold.
Reed missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Clark is not content to let Reed control the position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Clark controlling the position for now.
Reed prevents Clark from standing back up.

Reed is looking for a kimura but Clark is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Reed to get the leverage.
Clark is trying to stand up here but Reed is controlling him well.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Reed throws a shot from downtown. Clark moves away and avoids it.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Reed.
Clark turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Reed throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Taylor Clark.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Clark, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Jorge Garcia scores the fight for Taylor Clark!
Judge Columbo Gatti scores the fight for Taylor Clark!
Judge Reed Andrews scores the fight for Taylor Clark!

Taylor Clark wins by unanimous decision!